pearlheartgtr

The blogger whose link I have posted is going to make a video of it cutting through 5/6 oz leather.

Actually, no. I'm working with veg tan leather not garment. Garment is elastic while veg tan is a lot stiffer with little elasticity unless you soak it down or tug the hell out of it.

Have you actually read anything I said? I'm not working with saddle leather or put the thing through a grind of nonstop cutting. It would be here and there. And that the Cricut CAN cut what I need it to cut. I just do not want to buy a Cricut. It is my last choice. So I really do not see how an industrial machine fits in here.

LOL, just a touch out of my budget. I can't spend more than $500. Anything more would not justify the cost.

Yeah, I've seen the thread (I'm also a member there). I've seen a lot of threads, lol. I searched high and low for over 20 hours between two days before I started asking questions. I've been leathercrafting for several years and with some of the items I make, it takes me longer to cut them out with an Xacto blade than to actually form and assemble. I figured I could get the pieces cut out a lot quicker with a cutter. I know a bit of downforce is needed for leather, but if the Cricut Explore can do it, I really don't see why the more higher end ones can't. http://www.kgdcraftermath.com/2014/03/cricut-explore-cutting-materials/ http://content.provocraft.com/b/pdfs/cricutexplorematerialcutcapabilitytestreportv21.pdf This is why I am asking about other machines. I know they are capable of the downforce, it is just what is the max thickness of material that they can accept being fed into them is what I need to know. In the PDF by Provocraft, the downforce they are using is somewhere around 300g with a few passes. I would like to NOT buy a Cricut, as I mentioned, because of the machines being locked to their online software. I like freedom to use what software I choose.

But aside from the Cricut, can any of those machines I mentioned accept 3-4 mm material fed into it?

Not necessarily.

I am looking for a cutter, mainly for my father to make airbrush stencils with. But what I would like to do also is cut leather. I have been searching non stop for the past two days for an inexpensive (around $500) cutter to do the job. Problem is, I can't find info on cutting anything thicker than vinyl and such. The machines I have narrowed down to are the Cricut Explore (it is proven to cut leather up to 4mm with a few passes), the KNK Zing, Vinyl Express R19, US Cutter Laser point II, or Titan. I really do not want a Cricut because it forces you to use their web based software. I can set up a computer in the room the cutter will be in but I don't feel like running cable through my attic for an internet conncetion and the wifi signal is iffy at best on that side of the house. I also don't like being tied down to one piece of software. But the Cricut can do what I want it to do. I was considering a Cameo but apparantly, feeding it anything over 1mm is extremely tough to do. Can thick material be fed into any of these cutters? Thanks!